Music

Illin' uilleann

by Cyn Collins, TC Daily Planet • 10/3/08 • Direct from Ireland, masters of the uilleann pipes are bringing us Piperlink, a multifaceted experience all about uilleann (pronounced “illan”) pipes. MORE »

Interview: James Gray goes pop

By Dwight Hobbes, TC Daily Planet

Photo courtesy Room For Gray

In the Twin Cities, you’re allowed to admit you like all kinds of music—from blues to bebop to baroque and back.MORE »

Get your toady whipped on West 7th

by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet • 10/2/08 •
This Friday night at St. Paul's Mad Hatter Tea House, Rick Griffith will be kicking off the Halloween season with his annual "Magic Lute Show." That's right, folks.MORE »

Music note: Rosalie Sorrels releases tribute to Utah Phillips

By Dwight Hobbes, TC Daily Planet
Some songwriters hit you right off the bat, as the legendary Rosalie Sorrels did when I heard “The Baby Tree” on Jefferson Starship’s album Blows Against the Empire.MORE »

VOICES | First Ave's lesson well-learned

By Almostred, Rift Magazine
It was 1988 and First Ave was still basking in the residual glory of Purple Rain.MORE »

Minneapolis composer Mary Ellen Childs: Weaving music and movement

By Alison Morse, mnartists.org

Mary Ellen Childs. Below: Crash performs. Photos courtesy Mary Ellen Childs.

When Minnesota composer Mary Ellen Childs—winner of prestigious national awards and commissions—agrees to an interview with me, she suggests we meet at herMORE »

New Bob Dylan video, album streaming for free

by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet • 9/30/08 •
A week in advance of its official release, Bob Dylan's new album Tell Tale Signs—a compilation of rarities and unreleased tracks recorded over the past two decades—is available to hear in its entirety via streaming audio on NPR Music. MORE »

Rift 36 Hour Songwriting Contest #6

by Greg Swan, Perfect Porridge • 9/29/08 •
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Fall music preview: From righteous rappin' to prissy prancin'

By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet

Photo courtesy Eagles of Death Metal

After a slow couple of months, the Twin Cities concert calendar is picking up again with six weeks of can't-miss (or, at least, shouldn't-miss) acts taking the stage.MORE »
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